# מֵעֶה (meeh) Israeli respelling: me-eh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H4578. 30 Old Testament occurrences. used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively) King James renderings: belly, bowels, [idiom] heart, womb. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/meeh-h4578 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 15:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/15/4) — And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels… - [Genesis 25:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/25/23) — And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people sh… - [Numbers 5:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/22) — And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say,… - [Ruth 1:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/11) — And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? - [2 Samuel 7:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/7/12) — And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bo… - [2 Samuel 16:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/16/11) — And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may t… - [2 Samuel 20:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/10) — But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the gro… - [2 Chronicles 21:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/21/15) — And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. - [2 Chronicles 21:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/21/18) — And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. - [2 Chronicles 21:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/21/19) — And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore… - [2 Chronicles 32:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/32/21) — And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So… - [Job 20:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/20/14) — Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. - [Job 30:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/30/27) — My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. - [Psalms 22:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/22/14) — I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. - [Psalms 40:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/40/8) — I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. - [Psalms 71:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/71/6) — By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. - [Song of Solomon 5:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/5/4) — My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. - [Song of Solomon 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/5/14) — His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. - [Isaiah 16:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/16/11) — Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh. - [Isaiah 48:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/48/19) — Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor dest… - [Isaiah 49:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/1) — Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he mad… - [Isaiah 63:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/63/15) — Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of… - [Jeremiah 4:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/4/19) — My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my so… - [Jeremiah 31:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/20) — Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are t… - [Lamentations 1:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/20) — Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sw… - [Lamentations 2:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/11) — Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people;… - [Ezekiel 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/3/3) — And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was… - [Ezekiel 7:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/7/19) — They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them… - [Jonah 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/1/17) — Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. - [Jonah 2:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/2/1) — Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,